Nicola & Lee's Spring Wedding at Bartle Hall

Now I have to tell you Nicola is one of my most favorite Brides, we've enjoyed some of the best meetings and now she's married I think we're going to miss her!

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So here she is pre-bridal gown, trying out her bouquet of Hyacinths, Tulips, Cymbidium Orchids & White Lilac.

The little flower girls carried these cuddlesome teddies who were themselves carrying tiny miniature matching posies.


Boutonierre's of Hyacinth Pips for Page Boys as cute as this young man

The Registrars table with a series of vintage crystal bowls filled with spring flowers

I love the vivid green Orchid & Viburnum in ths design

The Fireplace was dressed with mini hand ties

Bartle Hall is a really special venue both the Windsor & The Balmoral suites are beautifully decorated in neutral shades which makes it a perfect choice for Brides wanting to use strong colour palettes. The staff are brilliant, they are so well organised that the days run like clock work.

The seriously glamorous Grooms Mum

Lee, Nicolas very handsome Groom wearing a boutonierre of Schwartzwalder Calla Cymbidium Orchid & Hyacinth.

The Magician was amazing

The Bridesmaids were very excited

Mum's wrist corsage looked perfect

Nicola looked totally amazing

The most massive congratulations to two of the most lovliest people ever!

Nicolas Green & Purple wedding bouquet was matched perfectly with Lee's Buttonhole

The Seating Plan was dressed with a simple swag of fresh flowers

We used Candelabras on the tables dressed with Tulips, Schwartzwalder Calla Lilies, Purple Tulips and Viburnum Opulus

Silver fruit bowl filled with luscious combination of spring flowers

The top table looked so pretty with the vintage trifle bowls & cake pedestals filled with flowers and a random selection of crystal candel sticks.

This wedding was very classy and elegant, with lovely colurs, beautiful flowers, a gorgeous couple and lots of lovely friends and family who could ask for more?

Preview of Nicola & Lee's Wedding 27th February 2010

Nicola & Lee enjoyed a fabulous wedding day today at Bartle Hall, I'll share the rest of their lovely wedding flower photos with you on Monday.

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The Wedding Bouquet in Purple & Green Spring Blooms

Florists really need to get out of their Shops and get with the people like this...

This week Jason and I went into Manchester and it was, to be perfectly frank, depressing, there were no shoppers, the stores looked empty, we parked easily and the restaurants didn't need us to book, so if Manchester city centre with all it's fabulous architecture, wonderful brands and glamour has no customers what are the chances of little old St Annes on Sea being a wash with eager shoppers, I'll tell you absolutely none!

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A little while back Jason & I decided we couldn't wait in our shops hoping for customers to come our way, or spend fortunes on advertising (quite simply because we don't have fortunes), so if Mohammed won't come to the mountain we have to go to it. We started a simple programme, doing little & large demonstrations in support of local charities this way we are hopefuly making friendships and lasting relationships and like any good relationship it's based on give and take, we give our time for free and often as in this case even our flowers in the hope that some of these lovely ladies will want and indeed crave buying our flowers in the future.

Now the thing is Rome wasn't built in a day, I didn't have them beating a path to my door the following day but over the years the layers become embedded and these ladies eventually wouldn't dream of buying flowers elsewhere, only a few weeks ago I did a wedding for the daughter of a lady who'd first seen me do a demonstration for The Lifeboat many years ago.

So this event was on a Tuesday lunch time, Jason & I were away from the shop for a couple of hours, we were able to chat with the owners of the Hotel Number One South Beach, we compared notes on Valentines Day and generally socialised person to person not PC to Lap top.

Even the chef showed an interest

And just how glamarous are these ladies, I very much want them to be my clients, but we needed an introduction and this for me is the very best way of doing just that

Jason with Margaret Gough (Organiser) and Chef Mark

The lady on the right was the very lucky winner of the Martini Glass design which we delivered to her home after work

And even if none of these lovely ladies choose to buy flowers from Flower Design at least we've done our bit for a local charity which makes us feel good too! so it's a win, win situation!